Layering Vinyl Cut From Cricut

And finally we ll apply the layered vinyl to a cup so you can see the full process.

Layering vinyl cut from cricut.

I ve set my dial to iron on and have put my htv shiny colored side down on the mat. The simple one is just the four sunflower layers without words cut boxes or registration marks pick this one if you ve layered iron on vinyl before. I am using a blue and pink ish coral floral pattern as the base from the belle citron sampler pack and then the pink ish coral watercolor solid from the summer set sampler pack. Many cricut images are designed with multiple layers that fit together to form a composite image.

So today you re going to learn how to create guides to make the layering process easy. Design space has many tools to help you customize your images. Group ungroup group multiple layers images or text together so that they move and size together on the canvas this will not affect how images are laid out. There will come a point where you want to have multiple colors of vinyl in an iron on project.

And i m cutting it with my standard blade. Next you ll learn how to cut the layers with your cricut. Once you get comfortable with iron on vinyl it can be fun to branch out and experiment a little bit. If you re not sure how to upload an svg file to cricut design space or you re having issues such as getting a message that says unsupported file please watch my.

Layering iron on vinyl. Before cutting be sure to mirror your design in design space so that your image layers are properly oriented once applied to your base material. I am not sure how else to describe them. Layering iron on vinyl can be a great way to do that and it s really not complicated at all.

I m using the cricut explore air 2 to cut out my vinyl. Once cut i ve weeded all the different pieces of my design and cut them into their separate parts. Free printable download 5 free cricut cheat sheets reference guides here. But i ve learned a few things along the way to get multiple colors of vinyl layered quickly.

This tutorial will show you how to cut vinyl using cricut design space which is the cricut design software used for all newer cricut models cricut explore explore air explore one explore air 2 and cricut maker if you have an older cricut machine that uses cricut craft room the software looks different from design space but the basics are the same. The layers panel gives you access to features such as group ungroup duplicate delete slice weld attach flatten and contour.